Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, usually when groups sit down and talk about legislation or proposed legislation, you really do not get the magnitude of the legislation until it is actually in the second or third drafting forms. After the summer of 1997, when the department actually sat down with the Nunavut Social Development Council and talked about bringing through some legislation or introducing proposals, did they go back again in October, or did they go back in December? Did they speak to them in February, 1998 and discuss with them, in actuality, what was coming forward in the proposed bills? It would seem that there has been some kind of communication breakdown. Now, I do know for a fact, Mr. Chairman, that in the first week of April, when the bill went to second reading, I was contacted by the office of the Interim Commissioner for copies of the Adoption Act. I remember bringing six copies over to the office of the Interim Commissioner in Iqaluit. I wonder how many actual meetings they had with the Nunavut Social Development Council, as outlined, and the intent of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement to actually consult other than to advise. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Edward Picco on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 31st, 1998
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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